Gateway to the Classics: Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by Arthur Quiller-Couch
 
Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Epitaph I: In Obitum M. S.

10th of May, 1614

May! Be thou never graced with birds that sing,

Nor Flora's pride!

In thee all flowers and roses spring,

Mine only died.

— William Browne of Tavistock
1588-1643   


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